Skunk remedy - bookmark this thread in case you need it

[MonkeyFunk]

This works! The dawg had a run-in with what he thought was a stripety cat the other day. took a direct hit.


1 quart 3% Hydrogen Peroxide (get a new, unopened bottle - it turns to water after awhile)
1/4 cup Baking Soda
2 tsp. liquid dishwashing soap


pour it all together - it'll probably bubble up a bit. don't let it sit too long, though.

Scrub the dog. This sounds easy, but a dog who's just been skunked is probably not much in the mood for your ministrations.

Edit: Be careful not to get it in the eyes. The dog won't like that much.

Let the wet, angry, soapy dog sit for 5 minutes or so.

Rinse the dog.


If you do this twice, the skunk smell will be all gone. I expected the smell to linger, at least slightly, for a few weeks, but I can't detect anything on him. Oh, I also doused him twice with Summer's Eve douche - also known as a good skunk remedy (and makes me REALLY wonder what women are using it for :scared:)

Forget tomato juice - it doesn't work. Mythbusters did an episode on this, and the recipe I posted above was by far the best solution.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. I found this post educational and funny at the same time.

[MonkeyFunk]

2. Then I have succeeded

thanks.

[PeaceNikki]

3. Damned stripety cats will getcha every time.

Bookmarked.

Glad your dawg is as as fresh as a summer's eve...

[MonkeyFunk]

5. The funny part

is the two have co-existed peacefully for a couple years. The skunk is always in my yard, the dog always barks at her, but they seemed to have a truce.

Then, the other night, the barking was worse than usual, and I KNEW something was up. My boyfriend went out back, in the pitch dark, to see what was happening. I turned on the light, and saw the BF standing about 2 feet in front of Mrs. Stinky. I yelled at him to STOP MOVING! and she toddled off. The dog, by this time, had already been sprayed and was off around the side of the house, muttering doggie-swears.

Oddly, I didn't smell a thing. Then we got the dog, and smelled a not-really-strong, but acrid, smell of garlic and tomatoes. Maybe the skunk was Italian?

it was only after about 10-15 minutes that it really started to smell like skunk. Then.... Holy Mary on a tortilla, it REALLY smelled like skunk! Everywhere!

We washed the dog with the recipe above, but wasn't able to do a thorough job due to the dog's agitation. So we went to the supermarket to get more peroxide and baking soda (and a bottle of wine - that's for the doggie-daddies).

As we were buying two quarts of peroxide, one box of baking soda, one 4-pack of douches and a bottle of merlot, the cashier stopped. She called another cashier over to her station and asked "Do you smell something? I think it's my register. It smells electrical." The other clerk smelled her register and said "Yeah, I smell it, but it smells like wet dog."

We barely got out of there without cracking up.

[PeaceNikki]

6. I missed reading your posts.

:rofl:

Don't leave anymore... k?

[Sequoia]

8. OMG...that's funny....

Thanks, I cut, pasted, and emailed remedy to my doggie friends.

[fudge stripe cookays]

4. Poor...

wet, angry, soapy boy. Planning his revenge against you!

Hope he's feeling better and smells like a rose! (Who am I kidding...he's a DOG! But I bet it's a lot better than he smelled awhile back!)

[MonkeyFunk]

11. he smells better than he has in months...

as I said, he HATES baths. But we cleaned him real good. He was totally demoralized by the experience, but I actually enjoy sniffing my dog now.

[Redstone]

7. I've heard this one before. Apparently, the peroxide and baking soda make a kind of

"scrubbing bubbles" effect that helps lift the skunk-spray oils off the dog.

Makes me wonder if a dab of vinegar in the mix might not help as well? I believe that vinegar is one of the ingredients in the douche product that you've found to be effective.

Redstone

[MonkeyFunk]

10. I boiled off a quart of cider vinegar

in the house to help rid the stink. It worked.

[driver8]

9. We used this remedy a few months ago. Our dog got sprayed

and this concoction works great!!

[graywarrior]

12. Hell, I'm going skunk hunting tonight just to test this out.

[Bucky]

13. To summarize. You peroxided your dog's hair, but he's not a stinking blond?

[MonkeyFunk]

14. You're a stinky blond

:P

[Coyote_Bandit]

15. I got the same recipe from my vet

last Friday. We had a similar skunk encounter. Worked very well at removing the odor.